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Molecular Biology

PLEIADES PUBLISHING INC · Russian Federation · Est. 2000

ISSN1608-3245

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.344

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.27

Total Worksi

2,886

Total Citationsi

23,416

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biophysics; Structural Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionRussian Federation

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 182 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,886

Publisher OrgPleiades Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

PLEIADES PUBLISHING INC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1608-3245

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

189

1.5k

2019

203

973

2020

153

869

2021

168

702

2022

221

476

2023

161

242

2024

164

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

BiophysicsQ3

Structural BiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Scopus Categories

BiophysicsStructural Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsRNA modifications and cancerRNA Research and SplicingDNA and Nucleic Acid ChemistryBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsEpigenetics and DNA MethylationGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesBacteriophages and microbial interactions

Frequently asked questions about Molecular Biology

Is Molecular Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Molecular Biology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Molecular Biology?

Molecular Biology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.80.

Is Molecular Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Molecular Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Molecular Biology?